A view of Windward Avenue in Venice, California with the grand lagoon in the foreground. Tourists dressed in early 20th century style clothing crowd the avenue and the bank of the lagoon. A boater rows a small boat on the lagoon. The mast of the...

An aerial view of the Veterans' Administration buildings in Westwood, California, looking north near the intersection of Wilshire Blvd. and Federal Ave. Much of the surrounding area is undeveloped park or fields.

A view of Avalon Bay, with steamships arriving in the harbor, Sugar Loaf Rock on the far right, and the Holly Hill House with its large red-roofed turret is in the foreground on the right. The Incline Railway is visible in the lower right corner.

A view of Central Park in Downtown Los Angeles. Several people can be seen throughout the park, and in the foreground, a boy is selling newspapers. In the distance, the upper part of the State Normal School building can be seen.

Los Angeles Civic Center and skyline with City Hall, Hall of Justice, Federal Building and old Hall of Records; trees; streetlights; gate; freeway signs; heavy traffic is seen on United States Highway 101 out of downtown; two trucks in foreground...

Automobiles going West on Hollywood Freeway, leaving downtown; Federal Building; old Hall of Records; City Hall; overpass; streetlights; two billboards, one for "Taix French Restaurant" and the other for "Burgemeister Beer."

View of the Aldebaran Canal, Venice, California looking towards the northeast. Tourists dressed in early 20th century style clothing ride in a gondola. The gondola is adorned with a lantern. Small boats, canoes and a second gondola are on the...

A view of the interior of the bath house in Venice, California. A rope with floats is seen on the surface of the water. Several bathers are in the pool. Numerous bathers in swim suits stand near the edge of the pool. Spectators in street...

J. D. Black (1893-1960), also known as Jack, was a merchant of Big Pine and Bishop, California. He was a leader in the fight of Big Pine for reparations from the City of Los Angeles during the Owens Valley water controversy. In the 1920s, he served...